CALL FOR PAPERS 22nd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling 13-16 October 2003, Chicago, Illinois, USA http://conceptualmodeling.org/er2003/ SCOPE OF CONFERENCE There has been a dramatic impact from trends of increased processing power, storage capacity, network bandwidth, interconnectivity, and mobility of computing devices. As processes and interactions in this environment grow more complex, proper design becomes more important. Conceptual modeling continues to have a vital role in advanced information systems development. But new techniques will be required to deal with the challenges facing developers. The International Conference on Conceptual Modeling provides a forum for presenting and discussing current research and applications in which conceptual modeling is the major emphasis. The theme of ER2003 is conceptual modeling for the future. We especially invite forward- looking and innovative contributions that identify promising areas for future conceptual modeling research. TOPICS OF INTEREST We solicit submission of original research, as well as experience and vision papers from both researchers and practitioners. We welcome any topic where conceptual modeling is a major theme. Specific examples of topics of interest include, but are not limited to, conceptual modeling as applied to: - information modeling concepts, including ontologies - ontological and conceptual correctness in modeling - e-business and Web-based information systems - mobile information systems - the Semantic Web - semistructured data and XML - information and database integration - information retrieval, organization, summarization, visualization - design methodologies and their evaluation - software engineering and tools - reuse, patterns, and object oriented design - quality and metrics - conceptual change and schema evolution - spatial, temporal, and multimedia aspects in conceptual models - metadata, its interpretation and usage - reverse engineering and reengineering - knowledge management systems - user interfaces - groupware and workflow management - data warehousing and data mining - advanced and cross-disciplinary applications SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors should submit original manuscripts via the ER2003 Web site, as PostScript or PDF files by 24 March 2003. Papers may not exceed 5000 words. Use at least an 11-point font and no more than 20 double- spaced pages. (Typically published papers are 14 pages in LNCS format.) The ER2003 home page (www.conceptualmodeling.org/er2003) contains further details. The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series. Springer-Verlag publishes a full-text electronic version of LNCS in parallel with the printed version, so the electronic source of accepted papers will be required (LaTeX 2e format is preferred). Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions for possible publication in Data & Knowledge Engineering. INDUSTRIAL PAPERS Please submit papers for the industry track to one of the Industrial Co-Chairs, Terry Halpin (terry@northfacecapital.com) or Peter Aiken (paiken@acm.org) by 24 March 2003. We invite both full papers and short papers. Please visit our Web site for full details (conceptualmodeling.org/er2003). WORKSHOPS Workshops Co-Chairs are Manfred Jeusfeld (manfred.jeusfeld@uvt.nl) and Oscar Pastor (opastor@dsic.upv.es). For workshop information, see http://SunSITE.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE/Societies/ER2003Workshops/. TUTORIALS Please submit tutorial proposals to one of the Tutorial Co-Chairs, Ee-Peng Lim (aseplim@ntu.edu.sg) or Toby Teorey (teorey@eecs.umich.edu) by 24 March 2003. Identify the presenter, the intended audience, and the scope of the topic. Tutorials may be presented as a 90-minute tutorial inside the conference, or as a half day (3 hour) or a full day (6 hour) pre-conference tutorial. Suggested tutorial topics include, but are not limited to: Semantic Web, Web knowledge management, and data mining process modeling. PANELS We solicit proposals for panel sessions related to the conference topics about which there is controversy and thus a need for public discussion. Please send panel proposals to one of the Panel Co-Chairs, Avigdor Gal (avigal@ie.technion.ac.il) or Elisa Bertino (bertino@dsi.unimi.it) by 24 March 2003. See our Web site for more detailed instructions. DEMONSTRATIONS AND POSTERS ER2003 provides a forum for ongoing work: poster reports on projects in progress, demonstrations of alpha- and beta-versions of software tools and products, invitations to cooperate on new project ideas, etc. These should stimulate a highly interactive and future-oriented added value to ER2003. Please send poster and demonstration proposals to the Demonstration and Poster Chair, Heinrich C. Mayr (mayr@ifit.uni-klu.ac.at) by 20 June 2003. IMPORTANT DATES Paper abstracts (soft deadline): 8 March 2003 Full papers (firm deadline): 24 March 2003 Tutorial & panel proposals: 24 March 2003 Notification: 17 May 2003 Camera-ready papers: 14 June 2003 Poster & demonstration proposals: 20 June 2003 SPONSORS Northern Illinois University Northwestern University Microsoft Corporation Motorola Corporation In Cooperation with ACM, ER Institute, DAMA ORGANIZERS General Chair: Peter Scheuermann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Northwestern University email: peters@ece.nwu.edu Organizing Chair: Kathi Hogshead Davis Department of Computer Science Northern Illinois University email: kdavis@cs.niu.edu Program Co-Chairs: Il-Yeol Song College of Information Science and Technology Drexel University email: song@drexel.edu Stephen W. Liddle School of Accountancy and Information Systems Kevin & Debra Rollins Center for eBusiness Brigham Young University email: liddle@byu.edu Tok Wang Ling Department of Computer Science National University of Singapore email: lingtw@comp.nus.edu.sg Industrial Co-Chairs: Terry Halpin (North Face Learning, USA) Peter Aiken (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA) Tutorial Co-Chairs: Ee-Peng Lim (Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore) Toby Teorey (University of Michigan, USA) Panel Co-Chairs: Avigdor Gal (Technion, Israel) Elisa Bertino (University of Milano, Italy) Workshop Co-Chairs: Manfred Jeusfeld (Tilburg University, Netherlands) Oscar Pastor (Polytechnic Univ. of Valencia, Spain) Demos and Posters: Heinrich C. Mayr (University of Klagenfurt, Austria) Publicity Chair: Rokia Missaoui (University of Quebec, Canada) Local Arrangements: Bamshad Mobasher (DePaul University, USA) Treasurer: Kathi Hogshead Davis (Northern Illinois University, USA) Registration: Eugene Sheng (Northern Illinois University, USA) Steering Comm. Liaison: Jacky Akoka (CNAM & INT, France) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Akoka, Jacky CNAM & INT France Arisawa, Hiroshi Yokohama National Univ Japan Atzeni, Paolo Universita' Roma Tre Italy Bertino, Elisa DSI Italy Bouzeghoub, Mokrane University of Versailles France Casanova, Marco A. PUC-Rio Brazil Catarci, Tiziana Universita' di Roma "la Sapienza" Italy Ceri, Stefano Politecnico di Milano Italy Chen, Ye-Sho LSU USA Chiang, Roger H.L. University of Cincinnati USA Chu, Wesley UCLA USA De Troyer, Olga Free University of Brussels Belgium Delcambre, Lois OGI/OHSU USA Dey, Debabrata University of Washington USA Elmasri, Ramez Univ. of Texas, Arlington USA Embley, David W. Brigham Young University USA Geppert, Andreas Credit Suisse Switzerland Goelman, Don Villanova University USA Grefen, Paul Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands Guarino, Nicola National Research Council ISTC-CNR Italy Halpin, Terry North Face Learning USA Hainaut, Jean-Luc University of Namur Belgium Han, Hyoil Drexel University USA Han, Wook-Shin Kyungpook National University Korea Henderson-Sellers, Brian Univ. of Technology, Sydney Australia Ho, Howard IBM, Almaden Lab USA Hu, Xiaohua Tony Drexel University USA Johannesson, Paul Stockholm University Sweden Kangassalo, Hannu University of Tampere Finland Laender, Alberto Federal University of Minas Gerais Brazil Lee, Byung S. University of Vermont USA Lee, Dongwon Pennsylvania State University USA Lee, Jeong-Joon KPU Korea Lee, Mong Li National University of Singapore Singapore Liu, Ling Georgia Institute of Technology USA Maciaszek, Leszek Macquarie University Australia March, Sal Vanderbilt University USA Mayr, Heinrich C. University of Klagenfurt Austria McCarthy, William Michigan State Univ USA Metais, Elisabeth University of Versailles France Missaoui, Rokia University of Quebec Canada Miura, Takao Hosei University Japan Mok, Wai Yin University of Alabama, Huntsville USA Moody, Daniel Univerzita Karlova v Praze Czech Republic Motschnig, Renate University of Vienna Austria Nummenmaa, Jyrki University of Tampere Finland O'Leary, Daniel University of Southern California USA Olive, Antoni University of Catalunya Spain Orlowska, Maria University of Queensland Australia Ouksel, Aris M. University of Illinois Chicago, USA Palazzo de Oliveira, Jose UFRGS Brazil Parent, Christine University of Lausanne Switzerland Pastor, Oscar Polytechnic University of Valencia Spain Pirotte, Alain Catholic University of Louvain Belgium Purao, Sandeep Pennsylvania State University USA Ram, Sudha University of Arizona USA Rizzi, Stefano University of Bologna Italy Rundensteiner, Elke Worcester Polytechnic Institute USA Sarkar, Sumit University of Texas at Dallas USA Schrefl, Michael University of Linz Austria Siau, Keng L. Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln USA Solvberg, Arne, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology Norway Spaccapietra, Stefano EPFL Lausanne Switzerland Storey, Veda C. Georgia State University USA Sugumaran, Vijayan Oakland University USA Tanniru, Mohan University of Arizona USA Tari, Zahir RMIT University Australia Teorey, Toby University of Michigan USA Thalheim, Bernhard Brandenburg Tech. Univ. at Cottbus Germany Theodoratos, Dimitri NJIT USA Trujillo, Juan University of Alicante Spain Umar, Amjad Fordham University USA Venkataraman, Ramesh Indiana University USA Wand, Yair University of British Columbia Canada Wang, Shan Renmin University of China China Whang, Kyu-Young KAIST Korea Wieringa, Roel University of Twente Netherlands Yu, Eric University of Toronto Canada Zaniolo, Carlo UCLA USA Zhang, Yanchun University of Southern Queensland Australia Zimanyi, Esteban ULB Belgium